Ursula
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Ursula is a female given name of Latin origin, meaning "little female bear". Ursula may refer to:
People
- Saint UrsulaSaint UrsulaSaint Ursula is a British Christian saint. Her feast day in the extraordinary form calendar of the Catholic Church is October 21...
, Christian saint - Ursula (given name)Ursula (given name)Ursula is a feminine given name in several different languages, such as English, and Irish. The name is derived from a diminutive of the Latin ursa, which means "bear"...
, feminine given name derived from the Latin language
Fiction characters
- Ursula, alien in the comic strip Brewster RockitBrewster RockitBrewster Rockit: Space Guy! is a satirical retro-futuristic comic strip created by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the misadventures of the dim-witted Brewster Rockit, captain of the space station R.U. Sirius, and his crew...
- Ursula, in the 2000 video game Breath of Fire IVBreath of Fire IVBreath of Fire IV, originally released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Capcom, and is the fourth game in the Breath of Fire series. It was originally released for the Sony PlayStation home console in Japan and North America in 2000, and the PAL region in 2001...
- Ursula, in the play Much Ado About NothingMuch Ado About NothingMuch Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....
by William Shakespeare - ÚrsulaÚrsulaÚrsula is a fictional character in the TV series Skimo. She is a main protagnist in the show, and is portrayed by actress Tatiana Martinez.-Personality:...
, in the television series SkimoSkimoSkimo is the first Nickelodeon comedy sitcom made in Mexico. It is produced by Nickelodeon Latin America and Macias Group International. The show first aired on May 15, 2006, and ran at 8:00 pm for the first two seasons. In the third season of the show, it was moved to 6:00pm on Mondays... - Ursula the Sea Witch, in the 1989 Disney film The Little MermaidThe Little Mermaid (1989 film)The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film was originally released to theaters on November 14, 1989 and is the twenty-eighth film in...
- Ursula Brangwen, in the 1920 novel Women in LoveWomen in LoveWomen in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow , and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an...
by D.H. Lawrence - Ursula Buffay, in the television series Mad About YouMad About YouMad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist...
and FriendsFriendsFriends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television... - Ursula Hartmann, from the anime/manga series Strike WitchesStrike Witchesis a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...
- Ursula Stanhope, in the 1997 film George of the JungleGeorge of the JungleGeorge of the Jungle was an American animated series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The character George was inspired by the legend of Tarzan. It ran for 17 episodes on Saturday mornings from September 9 to December 30, 1967, on the American TV...
- Ursula, in the animated film Kiki's Delivery ServiceKiki's Delivery Serviceis a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was the fourth theatrically released Studio Ghibli film.The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1989...
- Ursula, in the Metal Gear Solid: Portable OpsMetal Gear Solid: Portable Opsis a stealth game directed by Masahiro Yamamoto and written by Gakuto Mikumo, with series creator Hideo Kojima acting as a producer. Portable Ops was developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable. It is the third Metal Gear title for the PSP and the...
video game - Úrsula, in the novel 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Ursula, in the 1996 movie Set It OffSet It OffSet It Off is a 1996 action and crime film directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise , as four close friends in Los Angeles, California who decide to plan and execute a bank robbery...
- Ursula, in the 2001 movie The Brothers
Other uses
- Ursula (crater)Ursula (crater)Ursula is a large crater on Uranus's moon Titania. It is about 135 km across, and is cut by Belmont Chasma. It is named after attendant on Hero in William Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing....
, crater on Titania, a moon of Uranus - 375 Ursula375 Ursula375 Ursula is one of the largest asteroids from the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 18, 1893, in Nice.Observations of an occultation on November 15, 1984, produced six chords indicating an estimated diameter of 216±10 km.-External links:* from JPL /...
, large main-belt asteroid - HMS UrsulaHMS UrsulaTwo submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ursula:*HMS Ursula, a Second World War U-class submarine which was launched on 16 February 1938 and served in home waters then in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the Soviet Navy in 1944.*HMS Ursula, a long-range hunter-killer ...
, two Royal Navy submarines - Ursula, signals intelligence system used by the Finnish Intelligence Research Establishment
- Ursula, theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup U (mtDNA)Haplogroup U (mtDNA)In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup U is a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup.-Origins:Haplogroup U descends from a woman in the Haplogroup R branch of the phylogenetic tree, who lived around 55,000 years ago...
- Ursula, the woman crazy about Sebastien